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I'm trying to track down the exact wording of a notice by Fox Talbot, posted to the Times on 13 August 1852. It was a notice waiving the need for a license for amateur photographers in the UK. I've tried contacting the Times, but they d
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I am at the moment putting together a selling exhibition of botanical photography - Vintage 19th and 20th century. The exhibition will be in June accompanied by a catalogue. If anyone has any beautiful material that might fit, please g
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I am compiling an index, with photos, to the CDVs published by Rock & Co and J Simmons & Co, both of London. These designs were all comic or satirical, poking fun at the CDV craze of the period.
I have identified that there could be
Read more…Before Christmas I visited the grave of Anna Atkins and collected a plant from which I made a cyanotype. https://instagram.com/p/Bs0rKqzgGcC/
Read more…Here's a bronze relief, 10 x 24 cm, signed with a copyright symbol and the name EMANUEL (only one "M" in the name.) In case it's not legible, here's the title: THE TENTH EXHIBITION of the PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON promoted by the LINKED RING 1902. A few que
Read more…I am researching the photographer R. J. Arnold, born in England in 1856, died in Monterey, California, in 1929. I see him advertising in the BJP on April 20, 1883, p. 230, as follows: “Wanted, outdoor backgrounds and accessories, in exchange for oth
Read more…I recently acquired this oddity on an auction site. It is made of metal and has Made in England on the base of the card holder but nothing else to identify it's orgins. Anyone have any information for me? Seller thought it was early 1900's. Have had
Read more…I am curating an exhibition scheduled for 2018/19 and I'm looking for a second UK venue (after opening here at our university galleries in Aberystwyth) before the exhibition moves onto Germany.
The exhibition is centred on the work of Erich Retzlaff
Read more…trying to see if this is british developing dish...
should be a pic attached..
Read more…I am researching colour photography and would appreciate feedback
John Szarkowski's curation of William Eggleston's Guide at MOMA in 1976, was a pivotal moment in the history of colour photography in America. What might be considered an equivalent mo
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I'm hoping someone out there may be able to help me out!
I'm trying to track down the current copyright holder for work completed by Hugh White Studios.
I believe they have now dissolved but they were located at 6 Cavendish Street London from
Last Saturday I bought in a local auction a stereoscope along with 120 images. I've been trying to find out what make this is but without success. I can't find any images online that look like this one. It looks too good to have been homemade. It has
Read more…We have a number of Bromides from negs by FOS in Reece Winstone Archive. He was a freelance, who may have been a Mr Stead or a Mr O'Stead. Does anyone have any knowledge of him please? I can't find him in the Dublin museum libraries. This is a shot
Read more…I am beginning research for my MLitt dissertation on the history of photographic collections in the UK and would appreciate any recommendations of texts on this topic. Thanks in advance
Read more…Has anyone done any research into this firm, which appears to have operated across around 13 different towns from 1917 until the 1960s? I have been trying to discover details of the individuals behind the company, but sadly little has survived about
Read more…Having looked up Gandolfi cameras on the internet, it seems that a film was produced to show the history of the company. It was called Gandolfi- A Family Business. It doesn't say on the website whether the film was released. It was made in 2003 by Ke
Read more…Would be nice to put a date to this studio shot and the stereo viewer on the table.
I know the image is from Ontario area and the subject was Levi Armitage as that is pencilled on the back.
Just purchased my first tabletop viewer this week which is v
Read more…This was in a bundle of 7 cdv's bought online, most from Ontario in Canada, all with the subject(s) with stereo viewers. This one however is from London C.W has a couple with a Brewster viewer.
The reverse of the cdv has J. Cooper ,Photographer , Lo
Read more…1 week today, join us for a drink to celebrate 100 years since a significant number of women voted in a general election : https://bit.ly/2FOzs2O
Read more…Many of you know that I collect stereographica, and I was delighted last night whilst watching a lecture (https://www.gresham.ac.uk/…/the-19th-century-craze-for-ster…) to note this painting "Group of Women with stereoscope " It is by Jacob Spoel 1820
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